Presenting and communicating with impact

As part of the Mind Your Business strand, we're offering training in a range of areas related to business management & development, production finance, legal & business affairs, rights, and compliance, giving individuals the tools needed to thrive in their chosen field in unscripted TV. 

It is not just WHAT you say at a pitch, a networking event, or while giving a speech, but HOW you say it that really engages your audience and helps you to stand out from the crowd. 

During this two-hour online highly interactive session, Tasneem will offer you practical tips and techniques to help you to maximise on your performance and communicate more confidently, clearly, and impactfully. The course is designed to build up your confidence, help you to manage any nerves, and to find your own genuine, authentic voice and style. 

You will have the opportunity to ask questions, and practice your skills, in a safe space, and receive positive, targeted, constructive feedback from Tasneem at every stage.

Who it's for

These sessions are aimed at anyone who is working in unscripted TV and looking to learn how they can improve their presentation and pitching skills. It is making that ‘good’ first impression, when you are networking, or pitching an idea, or trying to get a job! These are valuable skills to ensure that you make an impact on your audience! 

The majority of the USF online short course offering is for those at early career stage and above. As a result, we generally require applicants to have at least 3 credits (unless working in a traditionally uncredited role). If you strongly feel you would still benefit from the training, please email USF@screenskills.com so we can assess if an exception should be made.

We are committed to ensuring all our courses are accessible to everyone. This course is designed to be as interactive as possible. Please email the above address if you have any access requirements and we will be delighted to help, be that clarifying the form such interaction is likely to take or discussing reasonable adjustments.

What it covers

• Making an impact and connecting with your audience
• Presence – professional and personal 
• Projecting confident body language to make an instant impact.
• Finding your own genuine, authentic voice and style
• Being clear, concise, and conversational 
• Practical tips on the dos and don’ts of presenting 
• Storytelling to be memorable and engage your audience.
• Focusing on the WHY to communicate impactfully.
• Understanding the brain science behind managing nerves  

Trainer

Tasneem Siddiqi is a highly experienced Presentation, Leadership and Media trainer with an impressive portfolio. In a rich and diverse broadcasting career, she has presented and reported on national television, for both the BBC and ITV. Tasneem was a familiar voice on BBC Radio 4 presenting ‘You and Yours’, as well as presenting on BBC TV and the World Service. Some of her cutting-edge television documentaries are now archived at the British Film Institute. Her life has come full circle as she now trains at Screen Skills, ITV, and the BBC in Presentation, Storytelling and Media skills.

Her breadth of professional Media and Leadership consultancy experience, across the broadcast industry, and with FTSE 100 companies, makes her ideally suited to motivate and build up the confidence of every delegate and help them to find their own authentic ‘voice’. She is also a trained Emergenetics practitioner - a psychometric tool based on brain science - and she incorporates the latest neuroscience research in her training.  

How to apply

This session will take place online via Zoom. Click ‘apply for ticket’ and follow the instructions to apply for your place: you must login or register before you are able to complete your application.

Places on these free online courses are limited and applications are often highly competitive. To stand the best chance of securing a place, please be sure to consider the following:

• When asked to list your three most recent credits, please include the programme title and your job role.
• When asked what you hope to gain from the course, please be concise but ensure you cover the specific elements of the topic you would like to gain knowledge of and what gaps in your skillset you believe the course may address. A rewording of the course title or a general comment on career progression does not tell us much about how this course would benefit you.

If you are no longer able to attend, we ask you to please use the “decline ticket” function on the right hand side of the page so that we can release your place. Our sessions are often oversubscribed, so we’d like to give other freelancers the opportunity to fill available spots. Thank you for your consideration.

This session is supported by the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Skills Fund which invests in training for the unscripted workforce thanks to contributions from broadcasters, SVoDs and production companies.

This course would normally cost participants to attend, but thanks to this support, we are able to offer it to you for free. If you fail to attend, we reserve the right to request reimbursement of costs, unless your place can be taken by someone else.